{"id":73839,"date":"2026-05-21T13:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-collins-rips-maine-challenger-platner-over-resurfaced-reddit-post-mocking-wounded-us-soldier\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:55:28","slug":"watch-collins-rips-maine-challenger-platner-over-resurfaced-reddit-post-mocking-wounded-us-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-collins-rips-maine-challenger-platner-over-resurfaced-reddit-post-mocking-wounded-us-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Collins rips Maine challenger Platner over resurfaced Reddit post mocking wounded US soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine<\/a>, ripped Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner over his recently exposed Reddit posts mocking a wounded U.S. soldier.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Platner is the presumptive Democratic<\/a> nominee challenging Collins in November\u2019s midterm election.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s never appropriate to mock a downed American soldier,” Collins told Fox News Digital. “It\u2019s just appalling.”<\/p>\n

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A slew of newly resurfaced Reddit posts from Platner includes comments he made about a viral video of a U.S. soldier<\/a> \u2014 Pfc. Ted Daniels \u2014 almost killed in combat. The video from Daniels\u2019 helmet camera shows Daniels being shot four times during a 2012 firefight with Taliban fighters. He was awarded the Purple Heart for those injuries.<\/p>\n

“Dumb motherf—–\u00a0 didn’t deserve to live,” was posted in 2019 by the now-deleted Reddit account “P-Hustle,” which Platner has previously acknowledged he owned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“At least his stupidity and fat a– wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible s— decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Collins was asked about all of Platner\u2019s resurfaced posts circulating online, she asked for specifics. This response comes as Platner has had lewd Reddit posts continue to come to light since last year.<\/p>\n

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“You\u2019d have to narrow your question down because there are so many,” Collins said when asked by Fox News Digital for her reaction to Platner\u2019s posts<\/p>\n

These now-deleted posts can be viewed on the Maine Monitor\u2019s database<\/u><\/a> cataloging Platner\u2019s deleted Reddit history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A super PAC aligned with Collins launched a website on Wednesday that compiles all of Platner\u2019s “red flags.” Pine Tree Results, a fundraising committee, lists all the controversies that have followed Platner during his campaign to unseat Collins in the midterm.<\/p>\n

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“Over 20 years of a grown man revealing his true character with one red flag after another,” the site states. “He’s radical. Dangerous. Too extreme for Maine.”<\/p>\n

The website launch is part of the more than $4 million already spent on attack ads targeting Platner during Collins\u2019 re-election campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collins\u2019 seat is expected to be one of Republicans\u2019 most competitive Senate<\/a> defenses in 2026 as Democrats target Maine in their push to flip control of the chamber. This race is crucial for Republicans as they try to keep their Senate majority.<\/p>\n

While Platner continues to be scrutinized by Republicans, Democrats are seemingly still hopeful that he will secure the Senate seat for their party during the 2026 midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Collins and Platner win their primary elections<\/a> next month, they will face off in Maine\u2019s Nov. 3 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ripped Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner over his recently exposed Reddit posts mocking a wounded U.S. soldier.\u00a0 Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee challenging Collins in November\u2019s midterm election. “It\u2019s never appropriate to mock a downed American soldier,” Collins told Fox News Digital. “It\u2019s just appalling.” PLATNER’S DELETED REDDIT SPARKS OUTRAGE … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}